Where does “mesterskap” come from?
mesterskap (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mester, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros — big, great.
mesterskap (Norwegian Bokmål): a championship
Definitions
- a championship
Ancestry of “mesterskap”, step by step
mesterskap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål mester
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mester | a champion; a master |
| 2 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 5 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 6 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Norwegian Bokmål skap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skap | a closet; a cupboard; imperative of skape |
| 2 | Old Norse | skap | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schap | cupboard, cabinet, coffer |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skāp | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |